Thank you so much for being a wonderful crazy man who plants in pipes!
Good work. I have to get my own pipes ready for spring.
Happy planting!
Sounds nice at first place, but modern people with some merits, living in a all arround organized place, are not so aware of what it takes to walk a different way. Once an American Mahayana-monks in Cambodia (ever eager to help since how many decades, Grandfather
Vira Avalokita ) wisely reflected (yet still could lay it aside till today), sure from his own beginner-faults: "don't ever send the poor out for a fight for you ideas". Something of which modern society makes use everywhere in the world to destroy old sociaties.
At least, one should not forget that people mostly trust foreign exiting more and mistrust those of whoms kind they know. Only if leader would guide in certain direction, folk follows, for at large they wouldn't know what and why, but simply like to eat and gain as much as possible.
Imagen if Nyom
karl_lew wouldn't have find likeminded, support, at least of his wife, no approve at all, and yet it's merely a hobby. Most of this world isn't like that at all but a daily struggle.
That doesn't mean that supporting each other in good ways isn't good, but as in the other topic, as soon as salting it with certain pride and revolution flavors, it can be most harmful by those on the field.
Thought it's good if Nyom tries to leave comfortable zone a little (yet it's not thought for debenefit at all), the palace, to get the seriously of dependency on food more known.
Atma trusts that Nyom can take it right, patiently as he conducts, but not with equanimity but wise judgements all the time.
Like Nyom would become lesser and lesser welcome on other places, where virtue isn't placed before gain, while dwelling here, the same works even much more intensive, yet possible not free and depending on groups with less care.
If walking another way it's often a tiny refuge one has, a friend, teacher... and of course there is much love and gratitude. Just two hours ago there was an angry scream of someone, sounding like: "Do not slander my teacher".
People bond, not leaving forward, do not wait anything else to find justification why they didn't follow a better. Such can lead even to fights, death, yes even wars. Less beings are capable and have conditions to walk upwardly, not to speak of those who could do it broad supported and with ease.
Nothing grows without ground, condition, Nissaya, and association is the most importand outwardly condition, one looking best possible after not taking side but simply call the Dhamma again and again to mind.